Man sustains head injuries after being hit by car

COLDWATER — A 53-year old pedestrian suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries after being struck by a car at U.S. 12 and Michigan Avenue just before 11 a.m. Tuesday.

John Starr said he was headed north across U.S. 12 on Michigan when the man walked in front of his station wagon. Starr said he had the light.

"I did not see him until I hit him or just before," Starr said.

Starr believed the man was in the crosswalk headed west when the accident occurred. The car ended up about 20 feet further north and the man slid off the car as Starr stopped.

Obviously shaken by the accident, Starr said, "I was glad I did not run over him."

The victim’s head struck and broke the windshield of Starr's car. He suffered head injuries but was conscious when LifeFlight from St. Vincent’s in Toledo landed in the lot behind PNC bank to airlift him to a Kalamazoo hospital.

The pedestrian, who police did not identify, already had medical problems and is a dialysis patient in Coldwater. Coldwater Fire Department Medical First Responders assisted LifeCare representatives at the scene.

Department of Municipal Services crews put up barricades and closed Michigan Avenue north to Hull Street for over an hour while Coldwater Police Department Sgt. Patrick Beeman reconstructed the accident.